Defendant in murder-for-hire plot also facing grand larceny charges

Daniel Miller leaves the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola on Friday, May 2, 2014. Miller, who was already a defendant in a murder-for-hire plot, pleaded not guilty to new charges that include multiple counts of grand larceny. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp

Daniel Miller leaves the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola on Friday, May 2, 2014. Miller, who was already a defendant in a murder-for-hire plot, pleaded not guilty to new charges that include multiple counts of grand larceny. (Credit: Howard Schnapp)

A defendant in a murder-for-hire plot Nassau prosecutors said was aimed at killing a teenage employee who accused him of sexual abuse pleaded not guilty Friday to new charges that include grand larceny.

Daniel Miller, 46, of Inwood, attended his Mineola court arraignment in a wheelchair, which authorities said was related to his hunger strike at the Nassau County Jail.

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A defendant in a murder-for-hire plot Nassau prosecutors said was aimed at killing a teenage employee who accused him of sexual abuse pleaded not guilty Friday to new charges that include grand larceny.

Daniel Miller, 46, of Inwood, attended his Mineola court arraignment in a wheelchair, which authorities said was related to his hunger strike at the Nassau County Jail.

Shanahan said after court that a judge already has ruled that his client is competent to stand trial, but he may appeal to a higher court.

"We feel that he should be examined further," Shanahan said of Miller. ". . . He talks about the spirits telling him things."

Miller denies the sex abuse and murder-for-hire allegations, along with the new charges, the attorney said.

Nassau prosecutors said the new charges stem from Miller's allegedly stealing more than $206,000 from three check-processing businesses and two technology and office supply companies in 2009 and 2010. The 14-count indictment charges Miller with multiple counts of grand larceny and criminal possession of a forged instrument, along with a scheme to defraud.